Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 821d058d03c5a9e8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.0 KB Created: 2021-09-02 15:59:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: afed27014f8b6ee6b36a6e4c96781033 SHA-1: 5280c58eeae99acbd93c4a3202c8f62e0576e348 SHA-256: 821d058d03c5a9e838cc9e41ae98c1b1265900fe3ab4a984001261846667d904
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many hosted on compromised or disposable domains. The heuristic PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM indicates the document is a link farm designed to manipulate search engine results. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites, potentially for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=cost+accounting+question+paper+2017+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://www.saletime.gr/admin/fckfiles/file/34260645398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afriqueitnews.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae9eb3b93a3332ca5487b7d2a2ce0265/92446828272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kngroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072e4ca55fbd---sajotuwuroganaputujebor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldsunjsc.com/upload/files/zumajatijolajikofogubipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtecommerce.it/public/news/file/30797911356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lcd96.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/77c5de8dfd09859733472896f9a86bab/zaxewifopigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nikken-engineer.jp/export/sd205/www/jp/r/e/gmoserver/8/6/sd0748886/nikken-engineer.jp/fckeditor/upload/file/modanabujawunusuvavuteto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://udaybharat.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99364275004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kayakbranson.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082788ccc87e---21219359817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ventilyatsia-v-sochi.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lufivenenipewinet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hacunamatata.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7999494050a56c68ac056479ad5f50af/veropadopivuxijamamazunup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alshaabcoop.com/userfiles/file/8159523788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aiaciran.org/cache/fck_files/file/laxekanogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609865ee2ca2a---pasitosiwaxugapedele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mindentudor.hu/userfiles/file/tawuvajamexefojategisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075c7c7d3a35---89952598149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kibbkw.com/uploads/file/goralipofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acetuitioncentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609832f7ec119---juwomoronu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bhk-aindling.com/userfiles/files/pamimabiwoxaniba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ohana1bbq.com/uploads/files/82167132134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cvsc.co/userfiles/file/bozipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infrascale.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/24031d9171b786c0c5a5bca7d633602b/31153185035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burningspearmarketplace.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55472442545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e2a0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2A0 17440 bytes
SHA-256: b337f82f44b5a56bd2db759a45b051e33fa6f5ea6f269c5c3ce0e04a4bbfe329
font_01_sfnt_off00010f8f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F8F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000127a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127A6 11372 bytes
SHA-256: 90ed5d62daf0c0e14a42292b68c2968b053ee0220f04a7af3bb04713b9db945d